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    Worst Care of 2018 - the Industry Awards no one wants to win.
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Jan 8, 2019
    • 6 min

    Worst Care of 2018 - the Industry Awards no one wants to win.

    Worst Care of 2018 - awards for worst care in a corporate home, worst care in an independent home, worst care provider.
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    Worst Care Part Three: Do regulators care more about older people than those with disabilities?
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Sep 27, 2018
    • 2 min

    Worst Care Part Three: Do regulators care more about older people than those with disabilities?

    The reports are equally bad. Why is the home for older people closed while the one for people with disabilities is left open?
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    West Sussex County Council refuses to say sorry for calling abuse-case relative 'obsessive'
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Jun 10, 2018
    • 3 min

    West Sussex County Council refuses to say sorry for calling abuse-case relative 'obsessive'

    Way to go WSCC. Who is giving you PR advice? The child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
    86 views0 comments
    'Wild' West Sussex refuses to say sorry to abuse-case families for its mistakes
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • May 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    'Wild' West Sussex refuses to say sorry to abuse-case families for its mistakes

    The report even questioned whether the case would have been handled differently had the men not had disabilities
    28 views0 comments
    Cabinet Trio - Hunt, Javid and Brokenshire - urged to investigate Wild West Sussex care fiasco
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • May 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    Cabinet Trio - Hunt, Javid and Brokenshire - urged to investigate Wild West Sussex care fiasco

    What this case highlights is that injuries to adults with learning disabilities do not receive the same response.
    15 views0 comments
    Ministers must investigate 'serious' West Sussex failings over care of two injured disabled
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Apr 30, 2018
    • 3 min

    Ministers must investigate 'serious' West Sussex failings over care of two injured disabled

    Ms Keeley said: ‘This report is a damning account of serious multi-agency failure in the cases of Gary Lewis and Matthew Bates, for which no
    5 views0 comments
    Sussex Healthcare: Can it get any worse? ...Yes.
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Apr 27, 2018
    • 2 min

    Sussex Healthcare: Can it get any worse? ...Yes.

    Both homes have been named by WSCC has having significant safeguarding concerns and yet they are still home to more than 60 adults.
    16 views0 comments
    Significant Safeguarding Concerns over three Sussex Healthcare homes as CQC  slaps an 'Inadequat
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Apr 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    Significant Safeguarding Concerns over three Sussex Healthcare homes as CQC slaps an 'Inadequat

    Local authority says it has concerns over significant shortcomings as Inadequate notice slapped on Orchard Lodge
    4 views0 comments
    WORST CARE AWARDS OF 2017
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Jan 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    WORST CARE AWARDS OF 2017

    The Worst Care Provider of 2017 was Sussex Healthcare
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    WORST CARE OF THE YEAR -             FOUR FIRMS AND 14 'INADEQUATE' HOMES NOMINATED FOR AWAR
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Dec 13, 2017
    • 2 min

    WORST CARE OF THE YEAR - FOUR FIRMS AND 14 'INADEQUATE' HOMES NOMINATED FOR AWAR

    The standard is particularly low this year, with many of the homes receiving multiple negative reports and all sitting on a current 'Ina
    11 views0 comments
    Police-probe Sussex Healthcare tries to overturn critical CQC ratings
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Nov 30, 2017
    • 2 min

    Police-probe Sussex Healthcare tries to overturn critical CQC ratings

    Since 2014, the CQC has overturned just 21 ratings given by inspectors - contrasting with 36,000 reports into adult care
    7 views0 comments
    Four deaths led care inspectors to 'Inadequate' Sussex Health Care home
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Sep 29, 2017
    • 3 min

    Four deaths led care inspectors to 'Inadequate' Sussex Health Care home

    Horsham-based Orchard Lodge has been rated 'Inadequate' by CQC inspectors.
    1 view0 comments
    POLICE PROBE SUSSEX HEALTH CARE CONCERNS
    Sarah Whitebloom
    • Jul 29, 2017
    • 2 min

    POLICE PROBE SUSSEX HEALTH CARE CONCERNS

    Investigators are looking at the safety of elderly and vulnerable residents in homes owned by Sussex Health Care, the care group led by an a
    19 views0 comments

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